A man has been arrested by armed police after witnesses reported a gun being pulled out on a central Auckland street. 

Multiple squads of police officers with rifles and tactical gear went into the Goodview Apartment Hotel after a gun sighting about 8am on Monday. 

The standoff lasted more than two hours. 

A cordon on Hobson Street between Cook Street and Union Street was lifted after three hours. 

Armed police outside Goodview Apartment Hotel on Hobson Street in central Auckland. Photo / RNZ / Lucy Xia 

A man was taken out of the hotel in handcuffs and put into a police car just before 10.30am. 

Police also escorted a woman away from the scene. 

In a statement police said two people were speaking with officers and there was no further risk to the public. 

Charges were being considered. 

A witness told RNZ he saw two people arguing on the street. Soon after one of the pair “got up, put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a gun and loaded it and pointed it at him and said he’s going to shoot him”. 

A man living at a backpacker’s next door said he was not worried about seeing armed police. 

“It’s part of Auckland. There’s a lot of this around here, a lot of police. I wouldn’t say armed offenders is normal, but the police is normal.” 

Police said there's no further risk to the public. Photo / RNZ / Marika Khabazi 

No injuries have been reported. 

Auckland Transport said the closure of Hobson Street between Cook and Union streets, during the incident, affected multiple bus routes. 

- RNZ